The story of the Australian Gold Rush unfolds through the eyes of the beautiful housemaid Perfection Middleton, whose husband dies and leaves her in control of a vast estate in the outback.

River of the Sun

Literature & Fiction

Shaw, Patricia

British & Irish

St Martins Pr

The survivor of a shipwreck in which her parents are killed, Sibell Delahunty, a young British woman, struggles for love and security alone in the Australian outback during the 1870s

The Feather and the Stone

Escaping to her friend's 1850s Australian home after her ambitious father tries to marry her off, willful Laura Maskey dreams of romance with cattle ranch owner Paul MacNamara, until her father's death binds her destiny to that of another man

Where the Willows Weep

When Englishman Corby Morgan and his young bride, Jessie, arrive at their recently purchased sugar plantation in ninteenth-century Australia, they embark on a difficult and dangerous existence

Cry of the Rain Bird

Exploring the personal and cultural experiences that have shaped the creative output of one of Australia's foremost composers, this fascinating study begins in a Russian enclave in northern China, progresses through student days in Sydney and San Francisco, and culminates with Sitsky's present position as Professor of Composition at The Australian National University in Canberra. The many influences on his work, including important professional and personal relationships with such eminent persons as the poet Gwen Harwood and the violinist Jan Sedivka, are discussed in detail as are the sources of much of the inspiration for Sitsky's compositions, now numbering close to 200. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone interested in 20th-century music.
In addition to presenting Sitsky's fascinating life story and expounding on the central position he has occupied for the past 40 years in Australia's musical culture, this important work provides for the first time comprehensive bibliographic references to all of Sitsky's compositions, his writing, his recordings, and his appearances as a pianist and lecturer on music. The book is a most valuable addition to any collection, for it is both a work of reference and a compelling story of the development of one of the most eclectic, visionary, and confronting artists of his generation.

Larry Sitsky: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)

Biographies & Memoirs

CAMPBELL, Peter

Holmes, Robyn F.

Arts & Literature

Greenwood

A Consultancy Approach for Trainers

Business & Money

Phillips, Keri

Job Hunting & Careers

Univ Assoc

The first edition of this book, published over ten years ago, accurately predicted the significance of the transition from trainer to consultant and from training to learning. And, as the role of trainers has changed, so the responsibility for development has expanded to involve managers at all levels within the organization. This Second Edition has been written to help you, whatever your particular responsibility as a trainer or developer, to plan your professional development. Using an original framework, the authors describe three approaches to consultancy designed to help you undertake increasingly complex assignments. With the support of case studies, they explain what each approach involves and illustrate the problems and opportunities the trainer is likely to face. A detailed self-development plan is contained in the appendices.

A Consultancy Approach for Trainers and Developers

Management & Leadership

Gower Pub.Co.

Waiting for the Thunder

Contemporary

Headline Hardbacks

In 1825 the square-rigger Emma Jane sets sail from England, carrying on board convicts bound for the penal colonies and a handful of paying passengers determined to brave the perilous journey to a new land of opportunity - Australia. The settlers discover that the quickest road to wealth lies in laying claim to vast tracts of cattle-grazing land - though this soon brings them into conflict with fierce Aborigine tribes. Aristocratic Jasin Heselwood, forced to flee England to avoid gambling debts, will stop at nothing to join the elite ranks of cattle kings. Double-crossing friend and foe alike, he starts a feud with the Irish squatter Pace MacNamara that has tragic consequences for both their families. But it is the women who are the true pioneers: Jasin's spoilt wife, Georgina, who refuses to be crushed by his ruthlessness or by his infidelities; and the convict girl Dolour, who is to be his Nemesis...

Valley of Lagoons

Headline Book Publishing

When Perfection Middleton catches the eye of Darcy Buchanan, all hell breaks loose. Joint heir to the vast estate of Caravale in North Queensland, he's a catch all right, and far too good for a housemaid whose parents came over on a convict ship. That's what his family thinks, anyway, and his brother Ben dreams up an ingenious plan to prevent the marriage. It's a plan that goes tragically wrong...Lew Cavour is very taken with Perfy too, but he gets caught up in the gold rush and the race to stake a claim on the river of gold, as does Ben Buchanan, who sees it as the only way he can buy out Perfy's share of Caravale. But their journey to the river of gold is dogged by disease, madness and murder...

Genre Fiction

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River of the Sun

The Feather and the Stone

Where the Willows Weep

Cry of the Rain Bird

Larry Sitsky: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)

A Consultancy Approach for Trainers

A Consultancy Approach for Trainers and Developers

Waiting for the Thunder

Valley of Lagoons

River of the Sun